Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.16%, while the index climbed 0.09%, and the index declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which rose 1.05% or 1.63 points to trade at 156.35 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 0.76% or 1.19 points to end at 158.01 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.63% or 0.91 points to 146.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:), which lost 1.17% or 2.51 points to trade at 211.74 in late trade. 3M Company (NYSE:) declined 1.09% or 1.71 points to end at 155.63 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) shed 1.07% or 3.89 points to 360.05.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:) which rose 14.36% to 316.44, ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.80% to settle at 325.42 and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:) which gained 6.44% to close at 95.51.
The worst performers were ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 17.81% to 29.58 in late trade, Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 5.56% to settle at 104.86 and Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.28% to 140.41 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Hookipa Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 54.48% to 2.070, Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 35.65% to settle at 148.01 and Satellogic V Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 27.51% to close at 7.230.
The worst performers were Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 48.69% to 0.313 in late trade, Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 36.99% to settle at 144.20 and Baudax Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 26.78% to 4.6000 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2038 to 1185 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1922 rose and 1896 declined, while 211 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.49% to 24.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 15.30 to $1871.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.52% or 1.40 to hit $90.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.24 to trade at $91.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1375, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 115.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.820.
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